Road-roller.



No. 873,975. PATENTBD DEC. 17, 1907. E. T. WRIGHT & G. LONGENECKER.

ROAD ROLLER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2 1907.

provements in Road-Rollers, of which the EDWARD T. WRIGHT AND CHARLES LONGENEOKER & COMPANY, OF YORK.

CHARLES LONGENEOKER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS TO NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW ROAD-ROLLER.

Patented Dec. 17, 1907.

Original application filed December 4. 1906, Serial No. 346,285. Divided and this application filed April 2. 1907- Serial No. 365,967.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD T. WRIGHT, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and (humans LONGENEOKER, a citizen of the United States, both residing at the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn/in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Imfollowing is a specification.

This invention comprises improvements in road roller construction, shown in our copending application, Serial No. 346,285, filed December 4, 1906, whereof this application is a division, and it relates particularly to improvements in the construction of the body portion of a road roller whereby the fuel box is extended forward in such a way as to enlarge the fuel box without encroaching upon the space on the foot board required by the engineer, and also enabling the engineer to enter upon the foot board from either side of the machine with equal facility. In road rollers, usually, very little space is allowed for the engineer to stand, owing to the necessity of having a fuel box of ample capacity arranged at a convenient point, and for the same reason provision is made for entrance to the machine, usually, only at one side of the machine.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates our invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rear portion of a road roller frame, embodying our improvements, and Figl. 2 is a side view of the same, one reduced sca e. a In the drawing, A indicates the tender of a road roller, the lower portion B of which is inclosed to form a tank. The plate O extends over the top of the tank, and forms a bottom for the fuel box D, and also a floor or foot plate for the engineer to stand upon. The sides 1 and 2 of the tender, and also the end 3 are extended above the foot plate, and thus form two sides and one end of the fuel box D. The forward end (Z of the fuel box, instead of extending straight across the tender, or diagonally across the tender from side to side, as heretofore, is V-shaped, as shown, and entrance-ways E E are provided in both sides of'the tender so that the engineer may enter from either side. As shown, the forward end.or partition (1 of the fuel box has its ends secured to the sides of the box, and the two portions 4 and 5 of the partition extend diagonally forward toward the center line of the machine. This extends the fuel box and permits the engineer to stand with one foot at each side of the apex of the partition, and it also allows room upon the foot board for the engineer to pass into and out of the machine at both sides through either of the entrance'ways E E. The end (Z of the fuel box is lower at the apex 6 than where it joins the sides of the box, the upper edge of said end, as shown, rising gradually from the center toward the sides of the box. This enables the engineer to shovel the fuel more readily from the box than if the forward end were as high as the sides. This V-shaped arrangement of the forward end of the box is of very great ad vantage, since it permits of greater storage space for fuel than the ordinary arrangement and it' permits ready entrance to the machine from either side, without encroaching upon the space upon-thefoot-board required for standing room for the engineer. der to enter upon the foot-board of the machine, the engineer steps upon the draw-bar 7 arranged at the rear of the tender, then upon a step 8 which we arrange upon the side of the tank, between the draw-bar and the entranceway, and then upon a step 9 which is on a level with the foot-board at the entrancewayto the machine. The drawbar extends beyond the tender, at each side, and its ends thus serve as steps for entering upon the foot-board at both sides of the ma chine, steps 8 and 9 also being located at both sides of the machine.

What we claim is 1. In a road roller tender, a tank at the rear end of the roller, and a fuel box over the rear end of the tank, said fuel box having its forward end inclined forwardly from both sides of the box to the center line of the machine.

2. In a road roller tender, a tank at the rear end of the roller, a fuel box over the rear end of the tank, said fuel box having its forward end inclined forwardly from both sides of the box to the center line of the machine, said forward end decreasing in height from the sides of the box toward the apex of the said forward end.

3. A road roller tender having an engineers foot-board, entranceways in both sides In orof the tender, a V-shaped partition having the sides of the tender between said drawbar '10 its ends joining the sides of the tender at the and the steps at said entraneeWays.

rear of said entranceways and having its apex In testimony whereof We aHiX our signaextending forwardly, said partition forming tures, in presence of tWo Witnesses.

the forward end of the fuel box of the tender, EDWARD T. WRIGHT.

a step at each entranoeWay, a draw-bar at the CHARLES LONGENECKER, rear of the tender and projecting laterally Witnesses:

therefrom at each side, the ends of said draW- HATTIE DE GROOTE,

bar serving as steps, and steps arranged upon JACOB A. BEAUJON. 

